" You will have seen me grimacing and trying to hide my despair while Nigel Farage spoke.

I have enjoyed reading the many comments and can confirm that I do indeed appreciate British humour. But as tweets were exchanged I felt it was important to share some more serious thoughts on how I felt in the parliament."

As an EU commissioner I feel for all of the British people: the young…

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The term facepalm (often used on its own in the same manner as an interjection might be) means that the palm of the hand is brought to the face with fingers splayed as if grasping. According to Macmillan Dictionary, the word "facepalm" first appeared around 2006,[2] though another source has an earliest citation of 2001.[4]

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2Post a message, image, etc. on Twitter:she talks about her own life, but she’s just as likely to tweet about budget cuts and Keynesian economics[WITH OBJECT]:she tweeted a picture of them smiling at the camera[WITH CLAUSE]:he tweeted that he would be willing to take a lie detector test[WITH DIRECT SPEECH]:the president tweeted: ‘After you vote, tell your Facebook friends—“I voted.”’